Business Plan Distribution Founder Intellectual Property 
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
Building a new business is quite different from an executive role in a mature company, so people from these backgrounds are often a liability. Value is embodied in previous success with investors, proven problem-solving ability, and having built and executed a business plan with minimal resources.
Gust
JANUARY 4, 2012
Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. Here are just a few examples: Creating and revising a business plan (copyright, trade secret). trade secret).
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Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Remember, the definition of a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. ( Startups are those companies that are still in the process of searching for a business model.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 14, 2020
Founder insistence on non-dilute clauses, arms-length relationships, and quick closure without due diligence will short-circuit active interest. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Lack of intellectual property. Naïve expectations on funding terms and process. Dysfunctional or non-functional team members.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2013
Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 25, 2012
Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2010
That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. His website is [link].
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